Unsnipped bean remover

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR REMOVING UNSNIPPED BEANS FROM A MIXED SUPPLY OF SNIPPED AND UNSNIPPED BEANS, COMPRISING: (A) A FRAME, (B) A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL-WALLED DRUM ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME AND HAVING A FORWARD INFEED END FOR RECEIVING A MIXED SUPPLY OF SNIPPED AND UNSNIPPED BEANS AND REARWARD DISCHARGE END, (C) SAID DRUM HAVING A PLURALITY OF ROWS OF OUTWARDLY EXTENDING LOUVERS PROVIDING SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT LONGITUDINAL EDGES AND REAR EDGES TRANSVERSE TO SAID SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT LONGITUDINAL EDGES IN THE WALL OF SAID DRUM WHEREBY THE UNSNIPPED BEANS OF SAID MIXED SUPPLY OF BEANS DESPOSITED IN SAID DRUM HOOK ON SAID SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT LONGITUDINAL EDGES IN THE WALL OF SAID DRUM, SAID LONGITUDINAL EDGES BEING SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLANE OF THE INNER SURFACE OF THE WALL OF SAID DRUM, SAID LOUVERS BEING INCLINED FROM THE WALL OF SAID DRUM IN THE DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THE ROTATION OF SAID DRUM, (D) MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID DRUM ABOUT ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS, (E) CONVEYOR CONVEYING UNSNIPPED BEANS OUT OF SAID DRUM, (F) THE ROTATION OF SAID DRUM CASING THE UNSNIPPED BEANS HOOKED TO THE SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT LONGITUDINAL EDGES FORMED IN THE WALL OF SAID DRUM TO BE CARRIED TO A POSITION ABOVE SAID CONVEYOR MEANS AND TO BE DEPOSITED THEREON FOR DISCHARGE FROM SAID DRUM.